Linux Interview Questions
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What are system calls used for process management in linux?

583

Why should you avoid telnet to administer a linux system remotely?

554

What are the linux distribution (operating system) names?

496

Is it legal to edit the linux kernel?

464

You want to send a message to all connected users as “server is going down for maintenance”, what will you do?

678

Name a service that you should disable (which acts both as web and ftp server) on a linux server?

616

Is there any relation between modprobe.conf file and network devices?

482

Explain the work of ctrl+alt+del key combination on the linux operating system?

468

How do you get the full path of a file in linux?

451

What are linux file systems?

457

What is the core of the linux operating system?

465

Explain the features of stateless linux server?

644

How to copy text to the clipboard?

445

What is the role of kudzu?

474

Compare linux & windows?

473


Un-Answered Questions { Linux }

How can we avoid deadlock in java?

474


What are environmental variables?

479


How to Close Sockets?

1033


How can I delete a file in linux?

537


Do threads share memory?

428






What feature stateless linux server offers?

478


Why is linux considered more secure than other operating systems?

450


What does grep command do?

573


How to kill any user's all processes?

468


1. User gaves df -h and the system get hanged. why ? 2. what is the hardlink and softlink mount ? 3. why is portmape should be started ? 4. what is nologin option 5. how to restrict users from accessing nfs ? 6. what is the difference between cpio and tar 7. what are the kernel parameters ? how to find out it ? 8. why we use sysctl.conf ? 9. if we gives init1 from multiuser runlevel, will it affect other users who already logged in to the system ? 10. what will be the available space to use after configuering raid5 with 5 disks each having 5gb spce ?

2294


Can threading damage skin?

451


What command is used to check the number of files, disk space, and each user’s defined quota?

513


What is the path of network (ethx) configuration files

485


Explain file permission in linux.

465


What is cmake in linux?

607